WarHorse wrote:Ugh! Getting so sick of spawning mission after mission, after mission only to have no opponents.

Someone please tell me it gets better at level 1.

It's a long tough slog to get there 100xp at a time...

Level 1 does but doesn't. But, those free 100xp missions will get you there faster than not, since you have no CR time so you can imediately redeploy. At level 1 though, you'll have a shot at N_V or Zordon (depending on faction) and a huge pay out in the 1-11 missions.

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WarHorse wrote:Ugh! Getting so sick of spawning mission after mission, after mission only to have no opponents.

Someone please tell me it gets better at level 1.

It's a long tough slog to get there 100xp at a time...

Level 1 does but doesn't. But, those free 100xp missions will get you there faster than not, since you have no CR time so you can imediately redeploy. At level 1 though, you'll have a shot at N_V or Zordon (depending on faction) and a huge pay out in the 1-11 missions.

Good to know. Guess I was a little spoiled. A long time ago I has some level 3's so things got a lot more interesting.

WarHorse wrote:Ugh! Getting so sick of spawning mission after mission, after mission only to have no opponents.

Someone please tell me it gets better at level 1.

It's a long tough slog to get there 100xp at a time...

Level 1 does but doesn't. But, those free 100xp missions will get you there faster than not, since you have no CR time so you can imediately redeploy. At level 1 though, you'll have a shot at N_V or Zordon (depending on faction) and a huge pay out in the 1-11 missions.

Good to know. Guess I was a little spoiled. A long time ago I has some level 3's so things got a lot more interesting.

1 actually does get better. There are much more cons, however... be prepared with the CR. My advice stay zero and rapid deploy till you can hit the Max level spectrum of Level = (Max Upgrades - 1) + 4

WarHorse wrote:Ugh! Getting so sick of spawning mission after mission, after mission only to have no opponents.

Someone please tell me it gets better at level 1.

It's a long tough slog to get there 100xp at a time...

Level 1 does but doesn't. But, those free 100xp missions will get you there faster than not, since you have no CR time so you can imediately redeploy. At level 1 though, you'll have a shot at N_V or Zordon (depending on faction) and a huge pay out in the 1-11 missions.

Good to know. Guess I was a little spoiled. A long time ago I has some level 3's so things got a lot more interesting.

1 actually does get better. There are much more cons, however... be prepared with the CR. My advice stay zero and rapid deploy till you can hit the Max level spectrum of Level = (Max Upgrades - 1) + 4

That's undoubtedly the best way to upgrade. Unfortunately, I'm so bored at level 0 right now, i can't imagine waiting too much longer to move up.

I too felt the same. I leveled up as soon as I could, which took quite a while. Then, I slogged through Level 1. Some of that was I didn't have very good stat setups and it felt like forever. Level 2 didn't seem to take that long and now, most of my 'Bots are level 3. It does get better.

WarHorse wrote:Ugh! Getting so sick of spawning mission after mission, after mission only to have no opponents.

Someone please tell me it gets better at level 1.

It's a long tough slog to get there 100xp at a time...

Level 1 does but doesn't. But, those free 100xp missions will get you there faster than not, since you have no CR time so you can imediately redeploy. At level 1 though, you'll have a shot at N_V or Zordon (depending on faction) and a huge pay out in the 1-11 missions.

People wrote:zombybunnie: N_V scares me...I no longer wish that my pants transformed Burn:Anyone notice how much of a boring party pooper N_V is? He doesn't join in the fun, he's spent the last few years with dodgy builds feeding XP to the Autobots, and he sure as heck doesn't spam. disruptor96: I forgot how insane you were.

Level 0 is a bot of a slog, but getting to L1 is a good feeling. Although, contrary to AZ I generally counsel levelling up as early as possible (and I promise I'm not just saying that because you are a 'bot. Or am I...)

Insidious wrote:I got the last one of my crew out of level 0 not all that long ago. It is a slog.

With level one, I've seen some of my characters finally (and rarely) get a nice hit that earned them a large chunk of XP (large by Level 1 standards ).

It is getting better. Fun little distraction between writing "upstairs" on the RPG, anyway.

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I promise I will re-join eventually though, your RPG here is sadly lacking in anarchic evil genius...

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Psychout wrote:Level 0 is a bot of a slog, but getting to L1 is a good feeling. Although, contrary to AZ I generally counsel levelling up as early as possible (and I promise I'm not just saying that because you are a 'bot. Or am I...)

Insidious wrote:I got the last one of my crew out of level 0 not all that long ago. It is a slog.

With level one, I've seen some of my characters finally (and rarely) get a nice hit that earned them a large chunk of XP (large by Level 1 standards ).

It is getting better. Fun little distraction between writing "upstairs" on the RPG, anyway.

Oi! Enough of your adverts!

I promise I will re-join eventually though, your RPG here is sadly lacking in anarchic evil genius...

Hey! I figure subtle, offhanded references are fair game. I could've included a link and character suggestions and plot summaries

And the more evil genius, the better. You'll be a welcome addition whenever ye do.

Psychout wrote:Level 0 is a bot of a slog, but getting to L1 is a good feeling. Although, contrary to AZ I generally counsel levelling up as early as possible (and I promise I'm not just saying that because you are a 'bot. Or am I...)

Insidious wrote:I got the last one of my crew out of level 0 not all that long ago. It is a slog.

With level one, I've seen some of my characters finally (and rarely) get a nice hit that earned them a large chunk of XP (large by Level 1 standards ).

It is getting better. Fun little distraction between writing "upstairs" on the RPG, anyway.

Oi! Enough of your adverts!

I promise I will re-join eventually though, your RPG here is sadly lacking in anarchic evil genius...

At Level 0 there are 650 bots and 485 consAt Level 1 there are 350 bots and 406 consAt Level 2 there are 253 bots and 274 consAt Level 3 there are 149 bots and 168 cons

Level 0 is the only level where you can only fight matched levels. Moving to 1 you get 2 types of fights (Level 1 and 2 fights) and (Levels 1 through 3) fights. You get to join in on the universal level 1 through 11 fights as well. While you do typically make more xp as you level, just walking in on the lower half of the level is pretty much a hurt to your side (faction) and to yourself.

Also at level 0 you get free CRs. Starting at level 1 you start paying for it. If you jump in on the lower end of the level 1 you have a much higher chance of getting wiped on most missions (excluding the missions where its just pure bots, or the bots outnumber the cons 4 to 1). Take a look at the bragging thread, you will see many fights where the cons win even though they are outnumbered. This is not because the game favors them, its simply because some of the bots entering the mission are on the "lower end of the level". It really sucks to go in with what you think is a fair fight of 3v3 and come out to be a 4vs2 because of the configs of your enemies being at the high end and your partners are just entering the low end or decided that 4 points into int was good so they could move up a level on their rammer. (Super Secret mod is only for cons).

To put it plainly there is very little difference between 4 upgrade points and 5 upgrade points in effectiveness. There is a much larger difference between 4 points and 9 points in terms of effectiveness.

One final thing to make note of. N_V mentioned making a repairer for the 1-11 missions. This will earn you a ton of XP but not at early levels (0-4). You may get lucky some time and net a large pay out, but typically you will walk away with much less than if you took a defensive (Avoid) or focused attack(Ram). Repair is much like strafe, you have to invest a lot into it to get a lot out of it. Trust me the boredom sucks, but if you figure your netting 100per round and each round is roughly 25 minutes (20 minutes for game time and a 5 minute buy in) you can earn 200-300 points an hour. While I don't like the arena at higher levels, at level 0 its also a fast deploy time if you see cons just sitting there. At level 1 you can earn 200 points, but the chance that you walk into a match and earn 0 is much higher. Couple that with CR time and you are looking at 200 points on average every 2 hours at the lower levels, vs jumping in halfway and cutting your normal CR times down by a few good invested points.

Level 0 is a good place to save up some Energon and bank some XP so you can jump out of the gate and do some decent damage in level 1 instead of putting yourself into the fodder rounds. Taking a few days of harvesting at lower levels and putting the time in means when you are going from level to level it will be easier as the multipliers work well for you when you do score and you do get to last a bit longer.

Imagine how bad it stinks when you go in to the CR Chamber for 700 Energon and enter a fight with say Colonel Mustard (N_V's char) and get wiped before you even got to open your optics just because you wanted the opposition. I've rush to move a level up before my bots were ready and I regretted it and brought them back down where they were better suited.

Understood, but from month to month I do a capture and the figures stay in roughly similar positions. I used the numbers to give a rough placement about how quickly the people move up in rank and to roughly how many opponents one would have. I guess I should have clarified that.

Its obvious that the numbers are not a clear indication of active players (Else level 0 would be a blood bath). Its just a guideline and marker of if he were to jump into level 1 he could expect X opportunities against levels 1-3 (depending upon variables such as play time and mission deployments).

Psychout wrote:Level 0 is a bot of a slog, but getting to L1 is a good feeling. Although, contrary to AZ I generally counsel levelling up as early as possible (and I promise I'm not just saying that because you are a 'bot. Or am I...)

Hey hey, I've always been for leveling up as soon as possible. Why do you think I have a level 7 with under 7 million XP? I think you have me confused with ROS.

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Warrior's Code wrote:You're the fighter you've got the fireThe spirit of a warrior, the champion's heartYou fight for your life because the fighter never quitsYou make the most of the hand you're dealtBecause the quitter never wins

Psychout wrote:Level 0 is a bot of a slog, but getting to L1 is a good feeling. Although, contrary to AZ I generally counsel levelling up as early as possible (and I promise I'm not just saying that because you are a 'bot. Or am I...)

Hey hey, I've always been for leveling up as soon as possible. Why do you think I have a level 7 with under 7 million XP? I think you have me confused with ROS.

Prolly because some of the tactics where cheaper than they are currently

Psychout wrote:Level 0 is a bot of a slog, but getting to L1 is a good feeling. Although, contrary to AZ I generally counsel levelling up as early as possible (and I promise I'm not just saying that because you are a 'bot. Or am I...)

Hey hey, I've always been for leveling up as soon as possible. Why do you think I have a level 7 with under 7 million XP? I think you have me confused with ROS.

Prolly because some of the tactics where cheaper than they are currently

Has someone been updating things? I did some math before. Turns out you can hit level 6 at three million, but you won't have any 10 stats likely. I didn't get my first ten til after I hit level 7. I've been using the cheapest available upgrade. I won't lie and say I'm doing outstanding, but my energon is holding about even, and I'm making pretty solid XP most times.

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Warrior's Code wrote:You're the fighter you've got the fireThe spirit of a warrior, the champion's heartYou fight for your life because the fighter never quitsYou make the most of the hand you're dealtBecause the quitter never wins

Absolute Zero wrote:Has someone been updating things? I did some math before. Turns out you can hit level 6 at three million, but you won't have any 10 stats likely. I didn't get my first ten til after I hit level 7. I've been using the cheapest available upgrade. I won't lie and say I'm doing outstanding, but my energon is holding about even, and I'm making pretty solid XP most times.

it was updated a while back with a few of the new alt modes and other shennanigans before that thing that was lost in the mists of time and mindless banter the programmer was still wandering the forums.

Glyph's site has the old xp calculator with the old alt lists

btw lvl 5 repairer at just over 1.5 million

Lvling up early gets you higher up the food chain and might encourage others to follow suit

Absolute Zero wrote:Has someone been updating things? I did some math before. Turns out you can hit level 6 at three million, but you won't have any 10 stats likely. I didn't get my first ten til after I hit level 7. I've been using the cheapest available upgrade. I won't lie and say I'm doing outstanding, but my energon is holding about even, and I'm making pretty solid XP most times.

it was updated a while back with a few of the new alt modes and other shennanigans before that thing that was lost in the mists of time and mindless banter the programmer was still wandering the forums.

Glyph's site has the old xp calculator with the old alt lists

btw lvl 5 repairer at just over 1.5 million

Lvling up early gets you higher up the food chain and might encourage others to follow suit

Yep. 2.8 millionish to upgrade a 1k/3.5k strafe/repair combo up to level 6 too. I've been watching my repairers out gain the non-repairers at a pretty surprising pace. I've got Zordon and ROS to feed off for repairs, and N_V to feed off for attacks. I make pretty good XP typically. The win bonus from the higher level missions is nice too. I think it's like 800 on the 7-10s.

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Warrior's Code wrote:You're the fighter you've got the fireThe spirit of a warrior, the champion's heartYou fight for your life because the fighter never quitsYou make the most of the hand you're dealtBecause the quitter never wins

Absolute Zero wrote:Has someone been updating things? I did some math before. Turns out you can hit level 6 at three million, but you won't have any 10 stats likely. I didn't get my first ten til after I hit level 7. I've been using the cheapest available upgrade. I won't lie and say I'm doing outstanding, but my energon is holding about even, and I'm making pretty solid XP most times.

it was updated a while back with a few of the new alt modes and other shennanigans before that thing that was lost in the mists of time and mindless banter the programmer was still wandering the forums.

Glyph's site has the old xp calculator with the old alt lists

btw lvl 5 repairer at just over 1.5 million

Lvling up early gets you higher up the food chain and might encourage others to follow suit

Should try telling the Cons that. There are more Bots in the higher level game than there are cons. If N_V goes AWOL my XP takes a noticeable hit. Using a LCF formula on your deployments can get you higher levels faster, but I liken that using a chainsaw to cut your fingernails. Sure its faster and gets the job done, but its not always the greatest idea.

It would be nice if more people on both sides leveled up, but, we can only control what we ourselves do. So, I will continue to level up my "inferior builds" and continue to rise on the high scores lists, and if I eventually pass people who won't level, so be it.

NV feeds a lot of people XP, if he stopped playing, you'd see a significant drop-off in xp gains.

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Warrior's Code wrote:You're the fighter you've got the fireThe spirit of a warrior, the champion's heartYou fight for your life because the fighter never quitsYou make the most of the hand you're dealtBecause the quitter never wins